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Tunisia brush-off augurs badly for EU push for African migration deals

Migrants hold Black Lives Matter placards during a gathering in Sfax, on Tunisia's eastern coast, on 7 July 2023. AP

When Tunisian President Kais Saied this month rejected 60 million euros in EU aid, the bloc got a taste of the risks and challenges it will face as it seeks new pacts with African states to reduce irregular Mediterranean immigration.

Spurred by Italy and Spain, the European Union has embraced the idea of sealing what it terms strategic cooperation deals in North Africa as the best tool to curb unauthorised arrivals.

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